Thomas Boulsover
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Thomas Boulsover, was an English Sheffield cutler who invented Old Sheffield Plate. He made his fortune manufacturing various items, but especially buttons using the process, he later diversified into
The Thomas Boulsover memorial at Wire Mill Dam
The Thomas Boulsover memorial at Tudor Square in central Sheffield.
Methodist chapel at Meadow Farm built as a memorial to Boulsover by his daughters.
Longley, Sheffield
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Longley is a suburb of the City of Sheffield, in South Yorkshire, England. It lies about 2.5 miles north of the city centre and is a residential neighbourhood made up mostly of housing built by Sheffi
Thomas Boulsover
…manufacturing various items, but especially buttons using the process, he later diversified into making cast steel and saws. Boulsover was born in Longley, which was then a remote hamlet between the town of Sheffield and the village of Ecclesfield, He was the son of Samuel Boulsover, a farmer and cutler…
Typical Longley estate housing on Piper Road.
Longley Hall is well screened from the road.
Longley Park Sixth Form now stands on the site of The Brushes.
Norwood Grange has been renovated and is now a residential care home.